On Friday, 7th September, the Bishop of Cork, Dr Paul Colton, travelled to Ballymoney National School near Ballineen, County Cork to dedicate and open not one, not two, but three extensions to the school.
The window design illustrates St Macartin assisting St Patrick on his mission with St Brigid in the background, who is reported to be St Macartin’s niece.
A plaque has been dedicated at St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, in memory of Stewart Scott, a member of the bell–ringing team in the Cathedral for 66 years, serving as Captain for many of those years.
The Archdeacon of Glendalough, the Ven Ricky Rountree, retires on September 30. On Thursday last he was honoured by Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Councils and on Sunday (September 23) he took his final service in the parish where he has served for 20 years, Powerscourt and Kilbride.
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, was filled with joy on Sunday afternoon (September 23) as the Revd Graham Jones was ordained a Deacon.
Sandford Parish pulled out all the stops to celebrate the restoration of its organ on Sunday evening (September 23).
A new chapter in the life of Kilternan Parish began on Sunday morning (September 23) with the opening of the new Kilternan Centre.
To mark the three–hundredth anniversary of the building of the church tower in St Martin’s, Templemartin, Moviddy Union of Parishes, Mr Colin Nicholls organised an event in the church to hear the story of the building of the tower through drama and music.
Almost 40 singers attended an afternoon at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral organised by Peter Stobart and the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Church Music Scheme on Saturday 15th September.
The Standing Committee of the General Synod met on Tuesday, 18th September 2018, in Church House, Dublin.
